VIEW FROM THE THAMES
DEON GOUWS: Driving me to drink
The exhilaration of buying a new electric vehicle in diesel-unfriendly London was matched only by the frustration of the wait. No wonder microchip companies are in such demand
This column took 18 months to write. There’s a wine for that, I hear you say. Yes, Flagstone in Somerset West makes a decent pinotage called Writer’s Block.
The delay hasn’t been due to lack of inspiration, though. It’s just that I’ve been burning to tell you about the exhilarating experience of buying a brand-new electric vehicle ever since placing the order for it the year before last. I thought I would wait for its arrival, smell the seats (made of vegan leather — a politically correct term for fake leather) and go for a spin before completing the missive. The whole exercise has taken just over a year and a half. ..
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